is a divisive issue clearly here in berlin it is divisive because the government of the federal republic of germany indeed successive governments of the federal republic of germany have stressed what they believe is a special relationship that they have with the state of israel so it places them in a bit of a quandary because the foreign minister ehud comus who will be taking part in the meeting he has said that he does not believe that annexation is compatible with human rights but of course he finds himself on the horns of this dilemma which is that the german government does not wish to be seen to be strongly criticizing the state of israel given the obvious historical legacy that exists here in germany. dozens of palestinians holding friday prayers were injured after israeli forces fired tear gas that happened in some way a village in the occupied west bank a crowd were praying in an area threatened by annexation illegal israeli settlements have already been built and much of the area around the village. it's been 72 years since hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forcibly evict or fled

and in 1955, the federal republic of germany joined nato. , and ridgeway succeeded him, and then grunther, and norstadt, each man by his presence and his uniform reasserting america's commitment for the defense of europe. to learn to act and plan together, colonels and captains went back to school. and to learn to work together, men and women of the alliance learned a common language. now, everybody opened the throttle slowly, to approximately 28 inches. right. (drumroll) it was hard going for nato in the early days of the atlantic decade. men had to break ground to build airfields. they had to lay pipelines to feed the machinery of the alliance. a unique experiment in mutual defense in time of peace. and the result was powerful. (sounds of horns) (rocket engines) (jet engines) this boy was born the same day as nato, april 4, 1949. if he is grown to be 10 years old, and if he and other children are strong, healthy, and free, it is at least in part because nato was born with him. >> the big picture is an official report for the armed forces an

is a divisive issue clearly here in berlin it is divisive because the government of the federal republic of germany indeed successive governments of the federal republic of germany have stressed what they believe is a special relationship that they have with the state of israel so it places them in a bit of a quandary because the foreign minister heikal musts who will be taking part in the meetings he has said that he does not believe that annexation is compatible with human rights but of course he finds himself in the homes of this dilemma which is that the german government does not wish to be seen to be strongly criticizing the state of israel given the obvious historical legacy that exists here in germany and so you have the sense here that there is a feeling that these at this idea of an exception it's not really something that e.u. governments believe the israeli government should be doing but certainly from berlin at least it's unlikely that there will be a very strong outright condemnation per se that will be checking back in with you as that meeting gets underway dominic cain live from the

when i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's and our border ran only a few kilometers from here it separated hessen and germany and all of europe for that matter into east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and begin has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between has said and well visit places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's a victim's and we'll find out what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive tourist destination. we'll visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. we'll check out bob bullock castle one of the symbols of german reunification. and globe trotters steve painter sends us regards from durban in south africa. i'm heading south all the way along the border between hess and tooling and until i reach the. thursdays in towns meadows and feels quite unimaginable that

in berlin and the 16 states that make up the german federal republic she did also say that there was a lot of hard work to do as they try to get germany back to some semblance of normality. the british government is looking at options to shut down its job or return sion scheme which has seen the treasury pay $8000000000.00 pounds to stop companies laying off employees jus to the lock down chancellor refusing to accept the firm arrangement can't continue indefinitely but reassure workers that there wouldn't be a sharp cut off to anyone who's anxious about this i want to give them the reassurance today that there will be no cliff edge to the scheme i'm working as we speak to figure out of the most effective way to wind down the scheme and ease people back into work in a measured way as some scenarios have suggested we are potentially spending as much on the furlough scheme as you do on the n.h.s. for example now clearly that is not a sustainable situation currently the scheme supports the wages of $6300000.00 employees across the country now that's nearly a quarter of britain's private sector workforce that means that over 50 percent of

ended by the treaty of rega and the russian federated socialist republic was created officially in 1921. the civil war literally wrecked everything that was used to rebuild things. in germany, their internal standard gauge railroad network was pretty much intact. it's not like it was bombed out during world war ii so their internal network was intact and believe it or not, the french network benefited greatly from our rebuilding -- rebuilding their entire rail system or the rate major lines that led to the northeast. we rebuilt them and we left the equipment there, we left locomotives, we left the rails, everything that we could use. again, in the united states, the railroads had to in the 1920s because now they are coming in competition with the motorcar. by the 1930s with the creation of the day bc3 airplane and by the 1930s it would come a competition with air travel. despite the competition's, the railroad industry was able to get on its feet as everything did in the 1920s. you had a great rise in the economy and to quote an economist, " the rising tide lifts all boats ", so the railroad was able to replace its equipment and rebuild its equipment and whatnot. the only

of riga and the russian federated socialist republic was created, okay? officially in 1921. so the civil war wrecked everything and they had to rebuild things. in germany, their internal standard gauge railroad network was pretty much intact. it is not like it was bombed out like in world war ii. their network was intact. and believe it or not, the french network benefited greatly from our rebuilding the entire rail system or the major lines that led to the northeast. we rebuilt them and we left the equipment there. we left locomotives, we left the rail for their use. every time -- in the united states, they had competition with the motorcar. by the 1930's, with the creation of the dc 3 airplane, which was a popular airplane, in spite of these competitions, the industry was able to get on its feet. as everything did in the 1920s. you had a great rise in the economy. to quote an economist, a rising tide lifts all boats. so the railroad industry was able to replace its equipment and rebuild new equipment and so on. the only thing is it did not expand miles of trackage because cars and buses were taking over, so you had a decline in the miles of trackage

when i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's in our border right only a few kilometers from here it separated has.